Tall Figure
Date
(1947)/(cast 1956)
Artist
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss, b. Borgonovo, 1901–1966
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, to 1957
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966," 15 September-13 November 1988, no. 38, p. 132, ill. p. 133. TOUR: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 15 December 1988-5 February 1989.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Alberto Giacometti," 10 October 2001-8 January 2002.
Published References
GRISWOLD, WILLIAM M. et al. "Pierre Matisse and His Artists" (New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 2001), p. 64.
UNSIGNED. "Gyroscope: Fall 2005," (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2005), fig. 2. [exhibition brochure]
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School
Surrealism (European)/Postwar European
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.2031
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
79 1/4 × 8 3/8 × 16 5/8 in. (201.2 × 21.1 × 42.2 cm)
